[anti-abuse-wg] How to find abandoned networks (was Spam FAQs need revision)
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Suresh Ramasubramanian
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Tue Dec 13 15:15:26 CET 2011
security by obscurity you mean? --srs (iPad) On 13-Dec-2011, at 16:22, Shane Kerr <shane at time-travellers.org> wrote: > Joe, > > It's a bit of a tangent, but... > > On Mon, 2011-12-12 at 11:22 -0800, Joe St Sauver wrote: >> If nothing else, that FAQ answer should *at least* be updated to correct >> factual inaccuracies because at least *some* other RIRs *DO* check and/or >> correct inaccuracies in their databases, e.g., see, in the case of ARIN, >> APNIC and LACNIC, see: >> >> -- https://www.arin.net/policy/nrpm.html#three6 >> >> "3.6 Annual Whois POC Validation >> >> "3.6.1 Method of Annual Verification >> >> "During ARINs annual Whois POC validation, an email will be sent to >> every POC in the Whois database. Each POC will have a maximum of 60 >> days to respond with an affirmative that their Whois contact >> information is correct and complete. Unresponsive POC email addresses >> shall be marked as such in the database. If ARIN staff deems a POC to >> be completely and permanently abandoned or otherwise illegitimate, >> the POC record shall be marked invalid. ARIN will maintain, and make >> readily available to the community, a current list of number resources >> with no valid POC; this data will be subject to the current bulk Whois >> policy." > > What a great method for finding networks that are poorly monitored and > maintained! Simply check ARIN's Whois database until you find networks > with POC that are marked as invalid! > > I hope that RIPE does not adopt this address-hijacking-friendly > technique. :( > > -- > Shane > >
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